This video gives you a feel for the wind noise in the Rally. We had absolutely spectacular sunny weather on the coast. This was shot on the second day as we were driving South on the coast towards Mendocino. 20130430_pch into Mendocino 163801

We did it! The oldest car to run the 2013 California Mille finished the 1,000 miles without any major problems. Since this event was a “shakeout” run for us in preparation for Vintage racing, we intentionally drove the car hard and very fast. Thursday night I was thrilled that we decided to have our pickup […]

Day 3: depart Little River Inn (sadly) lunch at Boonville finish at Solage Hotel in Calistoga total distance: 189 miles We were up quite late last night implementing a McGyver style fix for the gear oil leaking out of our differential and all over my right rear brake drum. Mike and I filled the hole […]

Day one is complete and it was BRUTAL! We covered 300 miles in 8 hours of driving. The start was very exciting. As the oldest car in the event, we were assigned car # 1 and were the first to depart the San Francisco Fairmont, waved off by the Italian Vice Consul in San Francisco. […]

It’s Sunday, the day before the start of the California Mille. Jack and I arrived to learn we have roundel #1, because we will be driving the oldest car in this year’s event. We beat the 1928 Bugatti by one year! Of the 70 cars which participated in the 2013 California Mille, only the first […]

We finished the paint booth this week. This comprised creating a door (using a zipper) and installing exhaust fans and filters. The exhaust fans create a cross-flow of air in the booth which enters at the top back and exits low in the front near the front door of our booth. I taped some masking […]